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A still from the animated series <n>Avatar: The Last Airbender</n>.

Sometimes when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried. But actually, you’ve been planted.

<n>No. 160 You are the Universe</n> (2021), a poster by <n>Oversettext</n>.

A landscape at <n>Botnsvatn</n>, Iceland. Photo by <n>Kristina Petrosiute</n>.

A still from the 1985 film <n>Ran</n>, directed by <n>Akira Kurosawa</n>.

<n>Maggie Cheung</n> and <n>Tony Leung Chiu-wai</n> in a deleted scene from <n>In the Mood for Love</n> (2000).

<n>Anh Wisle</n> in Vietnam. Photo by <n>Jim Rosemberg</n>.

Set design by <n>Jan Pappelbaum</n> for <n>Thomas Ostermeier</n>'s production of <n>Hamlet</n> at the <n>Schaubühne</n>, 2008.

<n>Metamorphosis 2</n> (2016) by photographer <n>Giovanni Gastel</n>.

<n>Even when the thrill is gone</n> by photographer <n>Adeolu Osibodu</n>, 2021.

The <n>James Dean Crash Site Memorial</n> along California Route 46.

<n>Bill Viola</n>'s 2005 video installation, <n>Tristan's Ascension</n>, featuring performer <n>John Hay</n>.

Rapid Ego Deflation Experiment by artist <n>Stephane Graff</n>.

'On a raft,' a <n>Pictorialist</n> photograph by <n>Don Hong-Oai</n>.

A beam of light inside the <n>Karnak Temple</n> in Luxor, Egypt. Photo by <n>Jordan Hoggard</n>.

A <n>7 armed wrought iron candelabra</n> from <n>Bruises Gallery</n>.

<n>Bottle Brush Trees</n> (c. 1990) by Chinese artist <n>Jian Chong Min</n>.

Antelope Valley Poppy Fields, California, March 2015. Photo by <n>John & Wolf</n>.

A portrait by photographer <n>Marta Bevacqua</n>.

Album art for the song <n>JUKAI</n> by musician <n>IKU</n>.

Actor <n>Milla Jovovich</n> as the character <n>Leeloo</n> in the 1997 film <n>The Fifth Element</n>.

<n>Farewell Waltz</n> by Korean artist <n>SillDA</n>.

<n>Morning Poem</n> by artist <n>Abbas Baig</n>.